Grown Up Alphabet Pasta
From cdntestergal 13 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Saw this creamy risotto like pasta on the TV this morning on Foodnetwork Canada and my daughter said we should give it a try. It is a GREAT pasta side dish I will be doing again soon. Thanks to chef Chuck Hughes for the idea.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried aphabet pasta shopping list
- 3 cups chicken stock shopping list
- 1 large minced shallot shopping list
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese shopping list
- 2 tbs of butter shopping list
- 2 additional tbs of butter shopping list
- a good handful of fresh chopped parsley shopping list
- a pinch of coarse salt shopping list
- a good grinding of pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Melt 2 tbs of butter in the pan over high heat.
- Add the shallots and cook about 6-8 minutes stirring often until golden brown with no crispy edges
- Reduce the heat to medium
- Add 2 more tbs of butter and the alphabet pasta.
- Stir often to coat the pasta
- Cook about 2 minutes until the pasta is a light golden brown.
- Add 1 cup of chicken stock and bring to a boil.
- Let the liquid get absorbed while continuing to stir.
- When the stock has been aborbed add the remaining 2 cups a little at a time making sure it is aborbed before adding more.
- Check the consistancy at this time
- It shoud be a little soupy and the pasta should be al-dente.
- If the pasta is too dry add a little extra stock or water to loosen it up.
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Add the parmesan cheese and fold in gently
- Remove from the heat.
- Fold in the chopped parsley and finish with a sprinkle of the coarse salt.
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